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Peugeot 404 Coupe Blue Maxichamps 1:43

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Peugeot 404 Coupe Blue Maxichamps 1:43 940112921 Diecast
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Maxichamps' 1:43 diecast Peugeot 404 Coupe reproduces Pininfarina's elegant 1962 GT in blue, its one-piece sealed body holding tight shut lines along the hood, doors and trunk. Built on the 404 sedan's mechanicals but wearing a far sleeker Italian-penned body, the coupe predates the better-known 504 Coupe by several years. A refined choice for a vintage French GT or Pininfarina-themed shelf.
Peugeot 404 Coupe Blue Maxichamps 1:43
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Brand
Peugeot
Manufacturer
Maxichamps
Scale
1:43
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
New Model
SKU
940112921
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About the Peugeot 404 Coupe Blue Maxichamps 1:43

TL;DR: Maxichamps' 1:43 diecast Peugeot 404 Coupe reproduces Pininfarina's 1962 GT body in blue, built on the 404 sedan's mechanical platform but wearing a sleeker, Italian-penned shell. The sealed one-piece body holds tight, consistent shut lines along the hood, doors and trunk.

Peugeot asked Pininfarina to dress the practical 404 sedan's underpinnings in a genuinely elegant two-door shape, and the result previewed the formula the 504 Coupe would repeat a decade later. This blue example shows off the coupe's low roofline and clean flanks, proportions that read as considerably more special than the sedan sharing its chassis.

Maxichamps' Sealed-Body 1:43 404 Coupe

One-Piece Casting and the Coupe's Low Roofline

This 404 Coupe comes as a sealed, one-piece diecast shell with no opening doors, hood or trunk, standard construction for a 1:43 at this tier. That fixed body is exactly what lets the casting hold the coupe's low, tapering roofline and tight shut lines along the doors without the gaps a hinge would require. The windscreen and rear glass sit nearly flush with the roof pillars, a proportion Pininfarina worked hard to achieve on the real car and one that comes through cleanly in miniature. Panel lines along the hood and trunk stay consistent and narrow, giving the model the same visual lightness the full-size coupe was known for.

Blue Finish and Pininfarina Trim Detail

Blue paint sits over the body with enough depth to show subtle shading across the coupe's curved flanks, and Maxichamps separates the chrome window surrounds, bumpers and grille slats from the body color rather than leaving them flat. The Peugeot lion badge and coupe-specific trim pieces hold their detail despite the compact scale, and the wheels wear a simple styled-steel look appropriate to the era. The stance sits level and low, reflecting the coupe's sportier intent compared to the more upright 404 sedan it was based on.

Pininfarina's GT Treatment of a Family Sedan Platform

Sharing Mechanicals, Not Styling, With the 404 Sedan

Underneath its elegant bodywork, the 404 Coupe shared its chassis, engine range and running gear with Peugeot's conventional 404 sedan, a common and economical approach for a manufacturer wanting a halo model without engineering an entirely new platform. What changed was everything visible: Pininfarina reshaped the body into a genuine two-door GT, lower and narrower than the sedan, with none of the family car's upright practicality.

A Blueprint for the 504 Coupe

The 404 Coupe, introduced in 1962, effectively previewed the formula Peugeot used again for the 504 Coupe and Cabriolet launched in the early 1970s: take a competent sedan's mechanicals, wrap them in a Pininfarina-designed two-door body, and sell the result as a more aspirational model alongside the everyday sedan. Collectors familiar with the later 504 Coupe often come to the 404 Coupe afterward, discovering the earlier and rarer car that established the template.

Collecting the 404 Coupe

At 1:43, the 404 Coupe's low, compact proportions make it an easy fit in a dense shelf of period GT cars without eating up much depth. Maxichamps' accessible pricing and sealed-body construction suit a coupe whose appeal rests on silhouette and finish rather than mechanical complexity. Collectors judging fidelity should check the roofline taper and the window surround trim first, the details that most clearly separate a careful casting from a soft one. Paired with a 504 Coupe or Cabriolet, this 404 traces the full arc of Peugeot's Pininfarina-styled GT line, revealing just how much transformation a dedicated coupe body could achieve from shared underpinnings.

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